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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
324 AM EDT TUE JUN 01 2021

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             97   05/28/2018
 LOW             -10   03/01/1967
HIGHEST           89   05/24         MM      MM       91
LOWEST            19   03/02         MM      MM       16
                       03/07
AVG. MAXIMUM    62.6               60.3     2.3     59.3
AVG. MINIMUM    39.4               39.7    -0.3     38.7
MEAN            51.0               50.0     1.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                1.1    -1.1        1
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                2.7    -2.7        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    27               27.8    -0.8       35
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       18.50   2011
 MINIMUM        5.07   1958
TOTALS         10.31              11.13   -0.82     9.19
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.12   -0.01     0.10
DAYS >= .01       29               38.6    -9.6       44
DAYS >= .10       18               22.1    -4.1       18
DAYS >= .50        7                7.1    -0.1        6
DAYS >= 1.00       2                2.3    -0.3        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.85   05/09 TO 05/09

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          19.5   1964
 24 HR TOTAL      MM
TOTALS           4.9                5.4    -0.5      3.4
SINCE 7/1       35.8               33.6     2.2     26.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE      5                5.7    -0.7       10
DAYS >= 1.0        1                1.8    -0.8        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        4   04/21                           1
 24 HR TOTAL     4.2   04/20 TO 04/20

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1344               1448    -104     1499
 SINCE 7/1      5713               5943    -230       MM
COOLING TOTAL     77                 69       8       56
 SINCE 1/1        77                 70       7       56
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/070    DATE  05/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    50/060    DATE  03/18

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.59
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           20
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             43
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         29

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     63

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              9     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                       9
LIGHT RAIN               35     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      1
FOG                      31     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                      8

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&

SPRING 2021

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 51.0 DEGREES IS 1.0 DEGREE ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 50.0 DEGREES. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 10.31 INCHES WHICH IS
0.82 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 63RD DRIEST SPRING ON
RECORD. SNOW TOTALED 4.9 INCHES WHICH IS 0.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE 54TH SNOWIEST SPRING ON RECORD. THIS IS THE
SNOWIEST SPRING SINCE 8.6 INCHES IN 2015, BUT IS COMPARABLE TO THE
4.5 INCHES THAT FELL IN 2018.

ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, "ABNORMALLY DRY" TO "MODERATE
DROUGHT" CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO IMPACT AT LEAST A PORTION OF OUR
AREA THROUGH THE SPRING. FORT WAYNE WAS DECLARED "ABNORMALLY DRY" AT
THE START OF SPRING. THE AREAS EFFECTED MOVED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
THROUGH THE SPRING. A NOTABLE DEGRADATION OF DROUGHT OCCURRED OVER
MUCH OF MICHIGAN BY THE END OF THE SEASON. AS OF THIS WRITING, FORT
WAYNE IS NOT EXPERIENCING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

A MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

MARCH
...WARM WITH A DRY START, BUT A WET FINISH...

MARCH WILL BE KNOWN AS A WARM MONTH. THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE THE
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 55.8 DEGREES AND
RANKED AS THE 6TH WARMEST. FORT WAYNE HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
43.7 DEGREES FOR MARCH, WHICH RANKED AS THE 14TH WARMEST MARCH.

WITH HOW WARM MARCH WAS FOR FORT WAYNE, IT ONLY RECEIVED A TENTH OF
SNOW ON THE 15TH AND A TRACE ON THE 18TH. THE 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW FOR
THE MONTH RANKED AS TIED FOR THE 11TH LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH.

FORT WAYNE HAD A VERY DRY START TO MARCH WITH MARCH 1 TO MARCH 17
RECEIVING ONLY 0.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS RANKED AS THE
THIRD DRIEST STRETCH BEHIND 1930 AND 1910. FURTHERMORE, 14 STRAIGHT
DAYS OF PRECIPITATION TOTALING LESS THAN 0.02 INCHES OCCURRED FROM
MARCH 1ST TO MARCH 14TH. THIS RANKED AS THE 9TH LONGEST STRETCH OF
"DRY" WEATHER IN MARCH. AFTER THE DRY START, A PERIOD OF ACTIVE
WEATHER MOVED IN FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE MONTH WITH MARCH 18TH TO
MARCH 31ST RECEIVING 2.54 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS RANKED AS
THE 13TH WETTEST STRETCH FOR THAT PERIOD. OVERALL, FORT WAYNE
RECEIVED 2.69 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH, RANKING AS THE
57TH DRIEST MARCH.

APRIL
...DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE WITH ROLLER COASTER TEMPERATURES...

FROM A TEMPERATURE POINT OF VIEW, APRIL FEATURED TWO LARGE EPISODES
OF TEMPERATURE SWINGS. AFTER A CRISP START ON THE 1ST AND 2ND,
TEMPERATURES WARMED DRAMATICALLY THEREAFTER. THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1
TO APRIL 13TH RANKS AS THE 7TH WARMEST ON RECORD, WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 53.5 DEGREES. WITHIN THIS STRETCH, ON THE 6TH, FORT
WAYNE PICKED UP ITS FIRST 80-DEGREE DAY OF THE YEAR. THIS IS ABOUT
19 DAYS SOONER THAN AVERAGE AND IS THE EARLIEST 80-DEGREE DAY SINCE
MARCH 15, 2012. THIS TIES 1921 AS THE 11TH EARLIEST 80-DEGREE DAY ON
RECORD (14TH EARLIEST IF DUPLICATES ARE CONSIDER TO EACH HAVE THEIR
OWN RANK).

FOLLOWING THAT WARM SPELL, A STRETCH OF DAYS WITH BELOW-NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WAS OBSERVED FROM THE 14TH TO 25TH (THOUGH, THE 19TH
WAS 1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL). THIS PERIOD RANKED AS THE 6TH COLDEST ON
RECORD. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES ON THE 20TH NARROWLY
MISSED THE RECORD OF 37 SET IN 1947. THE LOW OF 27 DEGREES ON THE
22ND TIED THE RECORD SET IN 1986. JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, HIGH
TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE 80S ONCE MORE WITH A HIGH OF 83 DEGREES
ON THE 23RD; 3 DEGREES SHY OF THE 1925 RECORD.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 50.2 DEGREES WHICH IS NEAR
THE NORMAL OF 50.0 DEGREES.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE UNCHANGED NORTH AND EAST OF FORT WAYNE THIS
MONTH, WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT NOTED TO THE WEST. PRECIPITATION WAS
DISTRIBUTED SOMEWHAT EVENLY THROUGH THE MONTH AND TOTALED 2.95
INCHES WHICH IS 0.57 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS TIES 1984 AS THE 55TH
DRIEST ON RECORD. SINCE JANUARY 1ST, PRECIPITATION IS 1.45 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL.

LASTLY, IT WOULD NOT BE APRIL IN THE MIDWEST WITHOUT SOME SNOW! SNOW
OCCURRED ON THREE DAYS THIS MONTH TOTALING 4.8 INCHES. MUCH OF THIS,
4.2 INCHES, FELL ON THE 20TH WHICH SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
0.2 INCHES IN 1953. THE TWO-DAY SNOW TOTAL FROM THIS WEATHER SYSTEM
WAS 4.8 INCHES AND TIES APRIL 4 AND 5, 1982 AS THE 10TH GREATEST TWO-
DAY SNOWFALL IN APRIL. THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 4.8 INCHES IS 3.8 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 8TH SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD. IT IS
THE MOST SNOW IN APRIL SINCE 7.5 INCHES IN 1994.

MAY
...FROSTY NIGHTS AND WELCOME RAIN...

AFTER A MILD START TO THE MONTH WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED THE
70S AND 80S, TEMPERATURES QUICKLY TUMBLED THEREAFTER. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE FROM THE 5TH THROUGH 15TH RANGED FROM 3 TO 18
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DURING THAT STRETCH, A NUMBER OF FROST
ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED. PATIENCE PAID OFF AS SUMMER-LIKE
TEMPERATURES RETURNED FOR THE 16TH TO 26TH WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE AS GREAT AS 14 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL (24TH). IN
THE END THE, MONTH`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 59.1 DEGREES. THIS IS
2.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 50TH COLDEST MAY ON RECORD.

THIS MONTH, RAIN ONCE AGAIN FAVORED THE GREATER FORT WAYNE AREA
INSTEAD OF THE THOSE TOWARD THE MICHIGAN STATELINE. FORT WAYNE
RECEIVED 1.70 INCHES MORE PRECIPITATION THAN SOUTH BEND. THIS MONTH,
RAIN ESSENTIALLY FELL IN TWO SPURTS: 1.85 INCHES ON THE 9TH (NEW
DAILY RECORD, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS OF 1.51 INCHES IN 2003), AND
2.04 INCHES FROM THE 26TH THROUGH 28TH. NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL
OCCURRED FROM THE 10TH THROUGH 25TH WHICH WORSENED DROUGHT
CONDITIONS TEMPORARILY. THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4.67 INCHES IS
0.09 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 32 WETTEST MAY ON RECORD.

BROWN/ROLLER/MARSILI
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